. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. June 4, 1903. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 363 nientioneii. What can be the causei and what the preventivi-nf a similar occurrence? Utah. Answer.—It is possible that there may have been some special reason about which I know nothing-, and it is also possible that there may be nothing more than unusually trying weather. If thetroulile was the unusually severe winter, then the remedy is better protection, or else cellaring. If there had been protection on three sides as well as on top, the result might have been different. A windbreak on the side or sides
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. June 4, 1903. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 363 nientioneii. What can be the causei and what the preventivi-nf a similar occurrence? Utah. Answer.—It is possible that there may have been some special reason about which I know nothing-, and it is also possible that there may be nothing more than unusually trying weather. If thetroulile was the unusually severe winter, then the remedy is better protection, or else cellaring. If there had been protection on three sides as well as on top, the result might have been different. A windbreak on the side or sides subject to severest winds might also help. Queenless Colony Uniting wltti a Neighbor's Different Kind of Bees. 1. My bees wintered well with corn-fodder set up on the north and west sides. I lost two colonies this spring that were queenless. I had two colonies in box-hives, apparently strong in April. They were not more than .six inches apart. They seemed to be very neighborly with each other. They would mix together and crawl from one hive to the other. Finally, I discovered robber-bees lurking around one of the hives, and so I examined the hive and there was not a bee in it. I pried it to pieces and got 20 pounds of honey out of it. Don't you think the bees deserted the hive and went with the other colony that was strong the first of April; 2. You will find four bees wrapped up in paper in this letter. They are honey-bees, but I do not know what species. Will you tell me what kind of bee it is* I caught them gathering honey from ground- ivy. There are quite a good many. They are like our honey-bee, but they have long horns or smellers on their head, and they have no stingers. There are two which are smaller than the other two, but I kept bees for 2.''i years and never think they are the same kind. I havi saw any bees like them. Since 1 started this letter I have caught some more of that new kind of bees, that have a white or yellow nose. Illinois. Answer.—1. Your surmise
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